3.0.0 1375 2023-01-11T16:47:42Z 2023-01-11T16:47:42Z Senate S S 2007-05-11 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-11T18:04:12Z 2007-05-11 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-05-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6022-6023) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-05-11 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-05-11 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-05-11 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-05-11 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-05-11 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-05-25 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-06-13 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-07-24 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-10-23 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-02-25 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2008-09-10 False Health Case management Childbirth Communication in medicine Conferences Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Fathers Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Health education Health planning Home care services Maternal health services Medical research Medical screening Mental depression Mental health services Mothers Quality of care Science, Technology, Communications Women Women's health Health 00 2007-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-15T15:06:03Z Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act or the MOTHERS Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to: (1) states to provide to women who have recently given birth and their families, before such women leave their birthing centers, education concerning postpartum depression, postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, and postpartum psychosis and to screen new mothers for such postpartum conditions during their first year of postnatal checkup visits; and (2) public or nonprofit private entities to provide for the delivery of essential services to individuals with such postpartum conditions and their families.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the heads of other federal agencies that administer federal health programs, to organize a series of national meetings that are designed to develop a research plan for postpartum depression and psychosis.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to expand and intensify research relating to postpartum conditions to carry out such plan.

]]> MOTHERS Act Display Title MOTHERS Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure that new mothers and their families are educated about postpartum depression, screened for symptoms, and provided with essential services, and to increase research at the National Institutes of Health on postpartum depression. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced MOTHERS Act Short Titles as Introduced Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act Introduced in Senate 2007-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1375is/xml/BILLS-110s1375is.xml 2007-05-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.